Doug J at Balloon Juice took over Twitter with his NY Times Pitchbot, where he mimics the objective to the point of insanity style of the NY Times. One his themes was the "...in this Ohio diner..." The gag ran like this: "In many people's eyes, the January 6th insurrection was an attack on our democratic institutions, in this Ohio diner, people aren't so sure."
Basically this was the "Cleetus Safaris" that coastal writers went on to plumb the depth of Trumpistan.
Anyway, the Times is back on their shit.
They interviewed 12 Trump supporters and - lo and behold - they turn out to still be Trump supporters. Reading their world view is, of course, profoundly depressing. The woman who like Trump, except for - what for it - his embrace of vaccines. The guy who think Democrats are "doing inflation." The idea that Democrats are unified and move in lockstep towards socialism (have they heard of Joe Manchin?). Seven of the twelve believed that the 2020 election was stolen. The fact that people go to Trump rallies and not Biden rallies proves that Trump won. The January 6th Committee just made them believe even more that Trump had nothing to do with it.
The leaps of faith, the tortured logic, the cherry-picking...it's all there. There is no winning over Trumpists, and what's more I don't think anyone except Andrew Yang types think you can. You can only defeat them again and again until they quit politics altogether and go back to wherever they sprang from.
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